American director Jim Jarmusch, the producers of Only Lovers Left Alive and the film’s actors, including Tilda Swinton and John Middleston took questions from the press at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jim Jarmusch, on the inspiration behind his film:
“I have wanted to direct a vampire love story for the past seven years. It was difficult to finance, but Tilda, with whom I talked at the very beginning, never gave up, even when everything became complicated.”
Jim Jarmusch, on the presence of two British actors in the lead roles:
“As far as I am aware, vampire stories in literature come from England. There is something very British about them. The perception that the English have of literature and the rest of the world is exceptional and I wanted to highlight this aspect in this way.”
Jim Jarmusch talking about his choice of location:
“Tangier and Detroit are abstract towns, they are two places that attract me for personal reasons. Detroit was a mysterious and magical city. Today it’s a city in a depressing, tragic situation. But it still has an inspired music scene. Music is also very important in the film. Nothing was chosen by chance. This film has a visual music.”
Tilda Swinton, on vampires:
“We are all fascinated by vampires. Certainly because they live forever and because we are terrified of death. What I love in this film is the idea of life and hidden work.”
Tom Hiddleston talked about his role:
“The role of Adam contained fascinating perspectives. I liked the idea of playing a character who embodies melancholy and romanticism. It’s a beautiful story of two people who love and accept one another. We explored love in the context of immortality.”
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Action star, comedian and martial arts master Jackie Chan will be the special guest at “An Academy Salute to Jackie Chan,” featuring a screening of “Police Story III – Supercop.”
Hosted by Entertainment Weekly’s Geoff Boucher, Chan will participate in an onstage conversation before the screening of the 1992 action movie, which co-stars Michelle Yeoh, on Monday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
There will be special viewing hours for the Academy’s latest exhibition, “KICK ASS! Kung Fu Posters from the Stephen Chin Collection,” in the Grand Lobby Gallery immediately following the screening.
SPECIAL EVENING GALLERY HOURS FOR KICK ASS! KUNG FU POSTERS FROM THE STEPHEN CHIN COLLECTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SCREENING
The Academy’s summer of kung fu continues with a salute to this renowned martial arts master, action star and comedian. With over 100 film appearances, and through his frequent work as a producer, director and writer, Jackie Chan has become a global phenomenon, all the while performing his own incredible stunts.
Born in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan studied martial arts, acting, acrobatics and singing at the China Drama Academy, which was a training ground for the famed Peking Opera. He made his film debut at the age of 8, in 1962’s “Big and Little Wong Tin Bar,” and made several other film appearances with his schoolmates (including Sammo Hung) during his childhood.
Chan worked as a stuntman while still a teen, progressing to leading man roles in the early 1970s and breaking through as an international star in 1978 with “Drunken Master.” While continuing to star in Hong Kong-made productions, Chan began appearing in films in the U.S. and followed his first big North American success, “Rumble in the Bronx” (1995), with the popular “Rush Hour” and “Shanghai” films, and the 2010 remake of “The Karate Kid.”
In “Police Story III – Supercop,” Chan again takes up the mantle of a tough-minded Hong Kong police detective, who this time partners with a female officer (Michelle Yeoh) to take down a drug syndicate in Mainland China. With the support of his now-legendary stunt team, Chan pulls off some of his most awesome stunts ever, including a daredevil leap from the roof of a tall building to a rope ladder being trailed by a hovering helicopter. The Academy Film Archive’s print is the original Hong Kong version, subtitled in English, which was first shown in [...]

The story of “World War Z,” starring Brad Pitt, revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
A special advance fan screening of Paramount Pictures’ WORLD WAR Z
was held in Hoboken, New Jersey on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013. See photo below.
Release is JUNE 21 2013
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The Hollywood Film Festival® announces some new initiatives to “bridge the gap” between Hollywood and the global creative community.
These include their new Hollywood Network® program, a screening event meant to initiate meetings between independent filmmakers and Hollywood industry professionals; combining sister organization Hollywood Gives Back with CineCause for the CineCause Spotlight section; and offering a select number of short films exclusively online.
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“I’m very excited to have the chance to build on the success of the Hollywood Film Festival, and look forward to incorporating these new elements,” Jon Fitzgerald, Festival’s Executive Director, said in a statement. “Filmmakers will have opportunities to expand their connections, leverage entertainment to recognize important causes and broaden their reach to the online community, here in the film capital of the world.”
The festival runs from October 17-21 at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.
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In BEFORE MIDNIGHT, we meet Celine and Jesse 9 years on. Almost 2 decades have passed since that first meeting on a train bound for Vienna, and we now find them in their early 40′s in Greece.
We also invite you to join Director RICHARD LINKLATER for a Reddit AMA TODAY at 10AM PT / 1PM ET!
Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT – In Theaters Friday!
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Starring: Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Written by: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
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“First Love” – http://bit.ly/BeforeMidnight_FirstLove
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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Great Gatsby’ dazzles with $51M but Iron Man 3 is the No.1 film in the world for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated weekend gross of $161.8 million from 56 markets acccording to Rentrak.
The current worldwide total now stands at $949 million. Also, Star Trek Into Darkness opened internationally to $31.7 million from only 7 markets, it opens in the US and Canada this coming Thursday.”
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 12, 2013 are below.
Iron Man 3 – Disney – $72.5M
Great Gatsby, The – Warner Bros. – $51.1M
Pain And Gain – Paramount – $5.0M
Tyler Perry Presents Peeples – Lionsgate – $4.8M
42 – Warner Bros. – $4.7M
Oblivion – Universal – $3.9M
Croods, The – 20th Century Fox – $3.6M
Big Wedding, The – Lionsgate – $2.5M
Mud – Roadside Attractions – $2.3M
Oz The Great and Powerful – Disney – $0.8M
Scary Movie 5 – The Weinstein Company – $0.7M
Place Beyond the Pines, The – Focus Features – $0.7M
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“Marvel’s Iron Man 3 continues at No. 1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $351.2 million from 55 territories and a stellar new worldwide cume of $680.1 million. This is best worldwide weekend thus far in 2013 moving last weekend’s international opening to the second best of 2013. The estimated domestic (US and Canada) opening of $175.3 million is the second best opening of all-time behind Marvel’s The Avengers. Disney has now crossed the $1 billion mark internationally, the fastest in their history, and this marks the 19th consecutive year that Disney has reached this international milestone.”
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 5, 2013 are below.
Iron Man 3 – Disney – $175.3M
Pain And Gain – Paramount – $7.6M
42 – Warner Bros. – $6.2M
Oblivion – Universal – $5.8M
Croods, The – 20th Century Fox – $4.2M
Big Wedding, The – Lionsgate – $3.9M
Mud – Roadside Attractions – $2.2M
Oz The Great and Powerful – Disney – $1.8M
Scary Movie 5 – The Weinstein Company – $1.4M
Place Beyond the Pines, The – Focus Features – $1.3M
GI Joe: Retaliation – Paramount – $1.3M
Olympus Has Fallen – FilmDistrict – $1.2M
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For the first time, the entire voting membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will automatically be eligible to vote in all 24 Oscar categories, Academy President Hawk Koch announced today at a meeting of the Academy’s members. The Academy’s Board of Governors approved a plan that will allow members to see the nominated documentary shorts and foreign language films either at a theatrical screening or on DVD.
Prior to the final round of voting, the Academy will provide members with DVDs of the nominated films in five categories: Foreign Language Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Animated Short Film, and Live Action Short Film. In previous years, members had been required to see the nominated films in a theater in order to vote.
“This change continues our efforts to expand our members’ participation in all aspects of the Academy’s activities including, of course, voting for the Oscars,” said Koch. “Building on this past season’s 90% record voter turnout, we want to give our members as many opportunities as possible to see these great films and vote in these categories next year.” The nomination processes for all categories remain unchanged.
Academy Awards rules are reviewed annually by individual branch and category committees. The Awards Rules Committee then reviews all proposed changes before presenting its recommendations to the Board of Governors for approval. The Oscars® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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Rentrak’s President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, “Marvel’s Iron Man 3 opens at No. 1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $195.3 million from 42 international markets. This is best worldwide opening thus far in 2013. The film opens in the US and Canada this coming Friday. Also, The Croods surpassed the $300 million mark overseas this weekend.”
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 28, 2013 are below.
Pain And Gain – Paramount – $20.0M
Oblivion – Universal – $17.4M
42 – Warner Bros. – $10.7M
Big Wedding, The – Lionsgate – $7.5M
Croods, The – 20th Century Fox – $6.6M
GI Joe: Retaliation – Paramount – $3.6M
Scary Movie 5 – The Weinstein Company – $3.5M
Olympus Has Fallen – FilmDistrict – $2.8M
Place Beyond the Pines, The – Focus Features – $2.7M
Jurassic Park – Universal – $2.3M
Mud – Roadside Attractions – $2.2M
Evil Dead – Sony – $2.0M
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In a once-in-a-lifetime appearance, three Hollywood icons joined our audience at last night’s closing night screening of ‘The King of Comedy,’ ending a memorable #TFF2013 with an unforgettable night.
Known for its foresight into the reality television culture, The King of Comedy is one of those now-classic films that didn’t seem to get the love it deserved upon its original release. Last night, however, it got its due. At the screening of the newly restored 30th anniversary print, Martin Scorsese and Tribeca’s own Robert De Niro celebrated the film’s legacy, along with a special appearance by Jerry Lewis.
Stay tuned for video from this amazing night.

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